Reference Guide

700 Editing MIDI events and continuous controllers (CC)
Adding and editing controllers in the Piano Roll
• Depress the mouse at the point where you want your controller messages to start, and drag
the Draw tool to draw the kind of curve you want your controller messages to follow. A tooltip
appears when you depress the mouse, and constantly reports the controller name, channel,
value, and location of the controller value that you are entering. Release the mouse where
you want your curve to end.
• To add one controller event at a time, click each place that you want to add a controller value.
A tooltip appears when you click, and reports the controller name, channel, value, and
location of the controller value that you are entering.
The controller events you added appear as vertical lines, each with an edit handle at the top that you
can drag. Each different type of controller event appears with a different color (see “Adding and
editing controllers in the Piano Roll” on page 695 for more information).
When you use the Draw tool, the speed with which you drag the mouse determines the density of
controller events. To insert a larger number of controller events with relatively small changes in
value, move the mouse slowly. To insert a smaller number of controller events with relatively large
changes in value, drag the mouse quickly.
To insert a series of controllers
1. Choose Insert > Series of Controllers to display the Insert Series of Controllers dialog box.
2. Choose the controller type from the Insert list.
3. Choose the controller number or type from the Number list.
4. Use the spinners or enter the desired MIDI channel.
5. Enter a starting and ending value in the Begin and End boxes.
6. Enter a starting and ending time in the From and Thru boxes.
7. Click OK when you are done.
SONAR inserts a series of controller events with values that change smoothly over time from the
starting to the ending value indicated in the dialog box. This command never inserts more than one
event on the same clock tick. If any controllers of the type you have selected already exist in the time
region, SONAR deletes these before inserting the new ones.
See:
“Selecting controllers” on page 701
Tip: To draw a straight line, hold the SHIFT key down while you draw.